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The unit runs just fine and is currently in use so this alleviates some of my concern of lugging this thing home only for it to die on my a couple months down the line. I will be using it in my basement which maintains a pretty stable temperature. As for the startup - how do you account for...

Has anyone here built a keezer out of a vintage chest freezer? My wife recently found an old 1950's Ben Hur chest freezer for $25. I did not pick it up yet and I am not committed to buying it yet but the build sounds interesting - but I am a bit worried I may run into complications that I...

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That seems almost too easy and obvious... Looks like I will try this next time. Thanks for the idea.

I am curious how people with a cooler setup mash out. My current setup is a 10 gallon beverage cooler and I never paid much attention to mash out, but now I am trying to fine tune my process. I have a 15 gallon kettle, 8 gallon and several others two propane burners but only use one. When I...

Thanks everyone - I will leave them alone and see how it goes for year one

I am growing hops for the first time this year and I am not sure when to trim. I am growing cascade centennial and Chinook. The centennial showed signs of life way before the others, since there are multiple growths that all appear to be the same and I am not sure when to call one dominant and...

I make bulk cold brew coffee but do not bottle it, I have thought about it but never have. Any reason you can't just overfill a bottle and cap? Typically you make a concentrate so if you do a 1:1 coffee water ratio like I do, fill just a touch over six ounces, add spring water or tap if you...

What town is the pickup in? I have something the 19th but can plan that around the pickup. I am coming from north reading if anybody in that area has trouble getting there that day I should be able to help out.

paid - sorry for the delay

I am away in Vegas right now, payment will be sent this weekend when I get back

Thanks to whoever fixed my mess up on the split of pearl, looks like it is full now. Also didn't know about the donation, added mine as well. Since this seems to be getting close - if there is a push to get to the next pallet I will add another bag of 2 row later on to help fill

I have two, Narragansett tall cans and OE 800. I dont know why but once a year I just want a 40 of OE and every few months I'll pick up a 6 pack of ganny pounders

From my experience it takes two weeks at serving pressure with the set and forget method. You can try upping the pressure to 15-18 or so for two days then drop it to serving and try the following day. The downside of kegging is you are tempted to test too early...

I never expected there to be an issue - I used Poland springs no problem and Boston city, carbon filtered no problem and every time I used north reading tap carbon filtered I had the issue. Funny thing is the filtered North Reading water tastes better than the filtered Boston. I believe the...

Thanks everyone looks like I will either switch to Boston water where I live but not where I brew which has a full report, Poland springs bottled or RO

do these additions make sense to treat all of the water at once: Gypsum 15g Epsom 5g calcium chloride 8g Citric Acid 5g Or should I treat the mash and sparge water different?

I asked the town for a water report and received minimal info. I carbon filter slow to ensure I remove all of the chlorine - but the last three or four beers I brewed there like I extracted some tannins, something just does not seem right, beers are fine but feel flat with a taste that stays on...

Anything by Jacks Abby for sure. Personal local favorite pale ale is newburyport brewing company. Not sure if it's the type of beer worth shipping but it is a great pale ale.

If you see yourself going to 5 gallons I would say get equipment to bring it all outside, Turkey fryer / blichmann burner and bigger kettle